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ELSC & PILC File Legal Complaint Against UK Lawyers For Israel Patrons
Senior barristers Lord David Pannick KC, Lord Anthony Grabiner KC, and Stephen Hockman KC named in BSB complaint over alleged misuse of professional status in UKLFI campaign targeting Palestine solidarity organisations and individuals LONDON — 21 May 2026 — The…
ELSC is taking legal action against German Domestic Intelligence Services for surveilling Palestine solidarity groups
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is representing three Palestine Solidarity groups in Germany taking legal action to challenge the German Domestic Intelligence Service (Verfassungsschutz)’s surveillance.The groups, Thawra Hamburg, BDS Berlin and Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in…
Coalition Challenges Prosecutor’s Prolonged Failure to Act on Booking.com Complaint Before Dutch Court of Appeal
On 9 April 2026, a coalition of Palestinian and Dutch organisations filed a complaint with the Dutch Court of Appeal over the Prosecutor’s prolonged failure to act on a criminal case against Booking.com. The case concerns alleged profits derived from…
Palestinian Symbols Banned at Holocaust Memorial Site Buchenwald, Germany
In a new legal case, the European Legal Support Center (ELSC) is defending an antifascist activist’s right to commemorate at Holocaust memorial site Buchenwald, after she was banned and threatened with a criminal complaint by the memorial’s administration for wearing a Kufiya. This case challenges the criminalisation of Palestinian symbols and the role…
ELSC Submits Objection Against Dutch Government’s Proposal to Ban Face Coverings at Demonstrations
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has submitted an objection to a bill from the Dutch government that aims to prohibit face coverings at demonstrations. If implemented, the law will endanger protestors mobilising against the Dutch government’s complicity in genocide and settler colonialism in Palestine. The ELSC encourages everyone, both residents and organisations in the Netherlands, to submit objections to this latest attempt to suppress dissent. This can be done via the public consultation…
Employment Tribunal Rules Against Claim of Discrimination against Two Muslim Employees in Lloyds Bank but Reinforces Anti-Zionism as a Protected Belief
While the Tribunal ultimately found in favour of Lloyds Bank on the facts of this case, it delivered a significant and far-reaching clarification of the law by reaffirming that anti-Zionism can constitute a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act…